Author Archives: L. Jackson

This nation has witnessed a surge in violent crime in most major cities which includes Atlanta, my home city. Emma Tucker and Peter Nickens wrote an article for CNN on April 3, 2021, and reported that violent crime in New York rose 39% while Chicago’s numbers increased 59%. Additionally, Cameron McWhirter of the Wall StreetContinue reading “The Rise in Violent Crime”

African Americans have faced many atrocities in this country. We have endured slavery, sharecropping, segregation, Jim Crow, desegregation and now it seems our community is being decimated by police shootings and targeted by hateful groups and hateful rhetoric. Now, when we rise, become determined, and take our power back to choose our political leaders weContinue reading “The Resilience of African Americans”

Earlier this week Daunte Wright, a twenty-year-old black man was killed by the police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after a routine traffic stop. This was a tragedy. The residents in the community were quite upset and protested throughout the day into the night. A strip mall in the area was looted and among the storesContinue reading “Looting the Dollar Tree in Minnesota”

Before cell phone cameras or video cameras became popular people of color were being arrested and charged with crimes that they did not commit. Our society for years has been unwilling to accept the fact that certain groups of people in this country have been continually mistreated by law enforcement and other groups across America.Continue reading “The Power of Cameras”

There are lyrics to a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five that goes like this: It’s like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under”. “Don’t push me cause I’m close to the edge, I’m trying not to lose my head”. These lyrics seem to depict the responseContinue reading “How to live a peaceful life”

When you are sitting in the house for months at a time with nothing to do and nowhere to go it makes you think about a lot of things.  You look at this dreadful disease that killed so many people and you are more thankful for your health and your life. You see young, old,Continue reading “How the Pandemic Changed My Life”

Most are familiar with the word mentor and understand what a mentor is. The word “mentor” is defined as an experienced and trusted adviser. Finding the right mentor can be challenging. For many of us, our experience with mentors starts with our parents. Our parents are the bricks that lay the foundation for the developmentContinue reading “Mentorship”

It seems like a little over four years ago toxic hate started to re-emerge in America. Hate-filled, racist rhetoric contributed to the rise in racism and hatefulness here in this country. Black people have been vilified and brutalized in this country for decades while it seems like our Asian sisters and brothers have suffered inContinue reading “Turn Hate Around In America”

Growing up in the sixties was not without difficulties. At times there were disagreements between kids and sometimes families. However, no one used gun violence to settle disputes. Another difference between now and then is that in the sixties your neighbor could discipline you if your parents were not at home (the village). Today mostContinue reading “Stand-Up!”

Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. According to psychologists, there are three types of empathy: cognitive, emotional, and compassionate. Let’s look at the meaning of each of the three empathy types. Cognitive empathy is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought experiences,Continue reading “Empathy”